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Three Photoshop tips and technique for painters.

This is three more additional tips and technique you can apply to your digital painting technique. I just made a few video demo these helpful tips that will save you time and avoid trouble while painting.

1) Three ways avoid muddy (dirty) color in digital painting. In this tutorial, we are using Photoshop for digital painting. In this tutorial, we are using Photoshop for digital painting. The video tutorial shows you Photoshop painting tips, 3 ways to smooth (blend) color and avoid muddy color and inconsistency.

2) Photoshop painting tips, five ways to find darker color or shadow. Value or lightness varies vertically along the color solid, from black (value 0) at the bottom, to white (value 10) at the top. Neutral grays lie along the vertical axis between black and white. Decide what is in light and what is in shadow and don't mix them up.

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